ARRIVING

The sight of day vanishes as if cut. Underground tremors release into tunnels creating monster echoes. The train becomes absorbed in an ocean of dark air.   Doors fling open. Warm gaseous fumes slap morning faces. The platform fills with legs and shoes and eyes looking down; children are still home in bed.   The … More ARRIVING

A MAN WALKING

His shoulders sat strong with moving, powering forward claiming the path cut for him with serious eyes. Arms found comfort with swaying, claiming the air like long lazy summer strides reaching into dusk.   Suspicion hung curtain thick on his blue well worn shirt from faces seeking questions. Through the crowd past open fires where … More A MAN WALKING

A LINE OF STRINGS

A thickness of quiet pulled the air into slow where it begged to be filled. A big muddy of thoughts spread over the crowd, like the water they were; wet collars, sweaty palms.   A low tide of moving hands struck a line of strings, releasing songs too heavy for corners, to bright to hide. … More A LINE OF STRINGS

CAFFEINE DAY

A cloudburst of eyes and thoughts jump from mental elevators to the tongue, releasing words from the king of hearts.   A cattle stampede of cabs hustle into position for the bullfight over a dollar; the language of hurry fills the street.   Smooth bright jazzy sounds flow like warm mercury from a bar. Smoky … More CAFFEINE DAY

THE GOOD SAMARITAN

There was an upsetting of the scene, a sense of turnabout with only one way being right.   He was a Good Samaritan, extending the soul of intent, like air itself, a necessity, but not always appreciated.   He’s determined to write down the deeds so given, the smiles dispensed, the nods of hello, but … More THE GOOD SAMARITAN

RACING TRAINS

Roads are scars between mountains; oaths for angels without wings. Strangers welcome the curves with shadows and the gray of dusks coverings.   Gas stations close at six. Stay in the car with the windows rolled up. Hitchhikers have no place to go. There’s a riddle between each town hidden under a rock.   Headlights … More RACING TRAINS

MY DREAM

It was a cloudy vision, a river of hands flowing thick, reaching franticly for treasures but coming up empty as they tumbled like stones, never resting, bumping into and falling over as the force moves into crowded silence past towns and under weary bridges where a cloudburst of muddied hands swim in an apocalypse of … More MY DREAM

CONTROL

The dirt of jazz roams like roads under his skin. He feels the change of his blood to hot. Listeners drip words from warm whiskey. High collars and smooth talk rolls off chairs of night wisdom. Eyes breathe in an appetite of full. A piano dresses the air with diamonds. Voices long like ribbons pull … More CONTROL

WHISPERING VOICES

A yellow porch light Dotted with The past lives of Insects Casts a weak Weathered haze Onto a green Screen door Where voices Whisper out Into the openness Of cool air.   Inside lights Speak shadows onto Walls As plates retired From dinner Swim with silverware In the sink.   A rocking chair Meters out … More WHISPERING VOICES

WIDE BROWN RIVER

Over hanging branches with fingers of moss drool onto a brown fat lazy river.   Mud soft edges sit rich with ooze, tempting to touch, warm with patience.   A yellow roaring sun growls hungrily pressing green stems to wilt in prayer.   The voice of flow rumbles deep, muscled strong while passing through.   … More WIDE BROWN RIVER